{"id":2055,"date":"2020-10-05T08:32:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T13:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2020-10-05T08:33:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T13:33:23","slug":"native-sun-news-today-oglala-sioux-tribe-heads-into-election-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/05\/native-sun-news-today-oglala-sioux-tribe-heads-into-election-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Sun News Today: Oglala Sioux Tribe heads into election season"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2018\/03\/14\/oglalalakotanation.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/img>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Welcome to Oglala Lakota Nation. Photo by <A \r\nhref=\"\/m.asp?url=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/auvet\/21501707431\/\">Jimmy \r\nEmerson<\/A>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">OST primary approaches <\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Candidates line up to be counted<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, October 5, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Travis Dewes<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Native Sun News Today Staff Writer<\/div>\r\n<div class=source-website><a href=https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/>nativesunnews.today<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nPINE RIDGE, South Dakota  &#8211; The Oglala Sioux Tribe Election Commission has released its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/THEOGLALANATION\/photos\/a.365541057152077\/1151739118532263\/\">certified candidate list<\/a> for the OST primary election which will take place on October 13.\r\n<p><\/p> \r\nThe list features 81 certified candidates for either OST President, OST Vice-President, or district representatives. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThere are 11 candidates running for OST President and 4 running for OST Vice-President. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"ml-4\">\r\n\t\u2022\t<strong>Tribal President<\/strong> <BR>\r\nJohn Yellow Bird Steele (seven time President) <BR> Darla Black (former Vice-President); <BR>Darrin Merrival  <BR>Gregory Ross <BR> Troy \u201cScott\u201d Weston (former President)  <BR>Kevin Killer  <BR>Lyle Jack  <BR>Julian Bear Runner (incumbent President)  <BR>Chase Iron Eyes  <BR>Curtis Temple <BR>  Rae Ann Red Owl.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\t\u2022\t<strong>Tribal Vice-President<\/strong><BR> Alicia Mousseau  <BR>Bryan Brewer (former President)  <BR>Cindy Giago <BR>  Ricky Gray Grass (current 5th member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Executive Officers). \r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThere are 66 candidates running for district representative positions. There are 6 candidates in the Eagle Nest District, 3 candidates in the LaCreek District, 8 candidates in the Medicine Root District, 8 candidates in the Oglala District, 6 candidates in the Pass Creek District, 9 candidates in the Pine Ridge District, 9 candidates in the Porcupine District, 10 candidates in the Wakpamni District, and 8 candidates in the Wounded Knee District. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nOnly 3 current district representative\u2019s names do not appear on the list. They are Jim Meeks, Chancey Wilson, and Rich Greenwald from the Eagle Nest District, Medicine Root District, and Pine Ridge District respectively. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe certified primary election results will be made public on October 16. A general election sample ballot will be posted on October 23. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is on October 28. The general election will be held on November 3 and the official results will be made public on November 16. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"card mb-3\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">\r\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/09\/12\/nativesunnewstoday.png\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native sun news today\"\/>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <h5 class=\"card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">NATIVE SUN NEWS TODAY<\/a><\/h5>\r\n        <p>\r\n           Support Native media!\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>Read the rest of the story on Native Sun News Today: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/ost-primary-approaches\/\">OST primary approaches<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativesunnews.today<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nsweekly\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nsweekly<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/p>  \r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><EM>Contact Travis at travisldewes@gmail.com<\/em><HR>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<strong>Note: Copyright permission <A href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">Native Sun News Today<\/A><\/strong>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe have 11 presidential candidates to choose from, plus four running for vice president.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[497,492,498,491,56,494,99,495,496,2,97,98,493],"class_list":["post-2055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-politics","tag-bryan-brewer","tag-chase-iron-eyes","tag-cindy-giago","tag-darla-black","tag-elections","tag-john-yellow-bird-steele","tag-julian-bear-runner","tag-kevin-killer","tag-lyle-jack","tag-native-sun-news-today","tag-oglala-sioux","tag-south-dakota","tag-troy-weston","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/oglalalakotanation.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-x9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}